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But expert says cancer-fighting benefits outweigh heart-disease risks
Unlike family history, risk factors such as chemical exposure, obesity can be changed, experts say
A Montgomery County hospital will be offering free breast cancer screenings for uninsured women over 40 years of age next month.
Further study is needed, but screen may get around more cumbersome, costly methods, researchers say
Small, but steady, increase over past 30 years warrants further research, experts say.
Alcohol could help set the stage for breast cancer in teenagers.
Findings should reassure women who fear breast-conserving surgery, expert says.
To determine benefit, more older women should be included in clinical trials, expert says
One in eight American women will develop breast cancer over a lifetime, making it the most common female cancer, except for skin cancers. However, death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1990. There are now more than 2.9 million survivors in the U.S.
Small study looked at coal-tar sealcoat and exposure to 'PAH' chemical compound
Checking for tumor-linked BRCA gene only benefits 10 percent of women, panel says
In new analysis, researchers found risk highest when used just before menopause
A Montgomery County hospital will be offering free breast cancer screenings for uninsured women over 40 years of age next month.
But expert says cancer-fighting benefits outweigh heart-disease risks
Small, but steady, increase over past 30 years warrants further research, experts say.
Unlike family history, risk factors such as chemical exposure, obesity can be changed, experts say
Using additional tests in conjunction with mammograms may find more breast cancers.
Findings should reassure women who fear breast-conserving surgery, expert says.
Alcohol could help set the stage for breast cancer in teenagers.
Further study is needed, but screen may get around more cumbersome, costly methods, researchers say
To determine benefit, more older women should be included in clinical trials, expert says
One in eight American women will develop breast cancer over a lifetime, making it the most common female cancer, except for skin cancers. However, death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1990. There are now more than 2.9 million survivors in the U.S.
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